Comics & Graphic Novels
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Sailor Moon 7
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Naoko Takeuchi
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Kodansha Comics (2012, Sep 11th).
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Old friends and new enemies lurk in the mysteries surrounding Mugen Academe. The Death Busters crave the Hoste, the human energies, of Sailor Moon and her friends – and they’ll prey on the girls’ dreams and weaknesses to get it! Furthermore, prophetic dreams hint of “talismans” that could awaken a “Deity of Destruction.” Could these things be connected to the guardians’ power? And are the Sailor Senshi capable of murdering the innocent to save the entire world?This new edition of Sailor Moon features: - An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation! - Japanese-style, right-to-left reading! - New cover art never before seen in the U.S.! - The original Japanese character names! - Detailed translation notes! . more
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 9
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kiiro Yumi
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (2013, Apr 2nd).
Pages: 192
You've gotta fight for your right to read!In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! There’s a groper in the library and Library Force members Iku and Shibazaki are sent in as bait! Iku’s undercover outfit makes her vulnerable…will she be able to defend herself if the pervert targets her? Later, Library Force members are required to take a test that involves reading stories to a group of rambunctious schoolkids. Coming from a big, unruly family, Iku definitely has the upper hand! Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen plus audiences. more
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New York Dead (Stone Barrington Novels)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Stuart Woods
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harper; Reprint edition (2009, Mar 31st).
Pages: 400
Everyone is always telling Stone Barrington that he's too smart to be a cop, but it's pure luck that places him on the streets in the dead of night, just in time to witness the horrifying incident that turns his life inside out.Suddenly he's on the front page of every New York newspaper, and his life is hopelessly entwined in the increasingly shocking life (and perhaps death) of Sasha Nijinsky, the country's hottest and most beautiful television anchorwoman.No matter where he turns, the case is waiting for him, haunting his nights and turning his days into a living hell. Stone finds himself caught in a perilous web of unspeakable crimes, dangerous friends, and sexual depravity that has throughout it one common thread: Sasha. . more
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Garfield Sings for His Supper: His 55th Book
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jim Davis
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2013, Mar 12th).
Pages: 96
GARFIELD’S GOT TALENT The famous fat cat with the awesome appetite sings for his supper, dances for his dessert, and acts for his snacks in this all-new collection of hilarious daily and Sunday comics. On with the show! more
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Crogan's Loyalty (Crogan Adventures)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Chris Schweizer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oni Press (2012, May 29th).
Pages: 150
The fan-favorite graphic novel series from Eisner-nominated cartoonist Chris Schweizer returns with an all-new adventure! Charles and William Crogan are two brothers with very different perspectives on family, country, and loyalty. Now they find themselves on opposite sides of the brewing conflict between colonial separatists and those still determined to serve the British Crown. Will their brotherhood be washed away in the bloodshed of the War or will their own ties endure? more
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Crogan's March (The Crogan Adventures)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Chris Schweizer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oni Press; 1 edition (2010, Feb 3rd).
Pages: 216
When Legionnaire Peter Crogan loses a friend and comrade to a violent sand storm, he is forced to confront some hard questions. Should he wait out the rapidly approaching end of his five-year term of service with the French Foreign Legion, or should he accept an offer of promotion and devote his life to a campaign whose purpose is an enigma to him? Crogan won't have much time to consider his options as he's besieged by the armies of the infamous Tuaregs, under attack from desert raiders, beat down by the relentless heat, and trapped in a cave with a mysterious and terrible creature who is picking off the people in his party, one-by-one. Luckily, he won't have to go it alone! He's but one man in a rag-tag group of hardened fighters, all under the command of a brutally strict sergeant and a dashing captain who may be too brave for his own good. more
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Crogan's Vengeance (Crogan Adventures 1) (The Crogan Adventures)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Chris Schweizer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oni Press (2008, Oct 22nd).
Pages: 189
The debut volume in an ongoing series of historical adventures focusing on the various branches of the fictional Crogan Family Tree. In Crogan's Vengeance, "Catfoot" Crogan is an able-bodied mariner plying his trade for a dastardly "legitimate" captain with a grudge against Crogan for a slight committed well before he was born. But when his ship is taken by pirates, will Crogan stay loyal to his law-abiding, if despicable, captain or will he find a new life on the high seas living by the "Pirate's Code"? more
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Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 1
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Soumei Hoshino
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yen Press (2012, Jun 26th).
Pages: 368
Kidnapped by a handsome man with rabbit ears, Alice Liddell finds herself abandoned in an odd place called Wonderland and thrust into a "game," the rules of which she has yet to learn. Alice, ever the plucky tomboy, sets off to explore and get the lay of this strange land, intent on finding her rude kidnapper and giving him a piece of her mind (and her fist). But little does she know that she's wandered right into the middle of a dangerous power struggle involving just about all of Wonderland's attractive, weapon-happy denizens. And the only way for Alice to return home is to get acquainted with the lot of them?! How in the world will she manage that and still manage to stay alive?! more
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